foil

«foil» in Mova's school dictionary: Metal, usually aluminium, made into a very thin sheet… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (foil — uncountable; a foil — a fencing sword); verb (foil, foils, foiled, foiling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Metal, usually aluminium, made into a very thin sheet, used to wrap and cook food. tree →

2) As a verb, to stop someone from doing a bad plan: "The police foiled the robbery." tree →

3) A light thin sword used in the sport of fencing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, foil keeps sandwiches fresh and covers food in the oven. In science, foil is a metal, so it conducts electricity and reflects heat. In safety, never put foil in a microwave — it can spark. In stories, heroes foil the villain's plans. Phrases: tin foil, aluminium foil, kitchen foil, foil a plan, foiled again.

examples

• Wrap the sandwiches in foil. tree →
• Cover the dish with foil and bake it. tree →
• Never put foil in the microwave. tree →
• The detective foiled the thief's plan. tree →
• "Foiled again!" shouted the villain. tree →
• Foil is a good conductor of electricity. tree →
• Once more she went to her Fairy-godmother who, astonished that her plan had been foiled, now told her to ask for another gown the colour of the moon. tree →

note

As a material it is uncountable: "some foil", "a sheet of foil". Spelling: British "aluminium", American "aluminum". "Tin foil" is a common name, but it is usually aluminium, not tin. Regular verb: foiled.

In the corpora

• And a clever trick with foil, baking soda and hot water can even turn the black tarnish on silver back into silver.
• Metal, including foil and metal spoons, must never go into a microwave.
• Use only microwave-safe dishes: metal, foil and gold rims make sparks and can start a fire.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «foil» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.